Impacts of COVID-19 in Latin America – JLAG Ahead of Print
The first half of an extensive JLAG Perspectives Forum exploring the impacts of COVID-19 in Latin America is now available online...
Category: JLAG Perspectives
The Embers of Radical Ecology and Revolutionary Ideology in Nicaragua’s Protests
The recent social upheaval and political turbulence in Nicaragua are widely reported as the citizenry’s response to the Ortega administration’s new policy prescriptions....
China’s Belt and Road Initiative: What Role for Latin America?
(Editor’s note: This article appears in a forthcoming special issue (vol. 17, no. 2) of the JLAG, “New Geographies of China and Latin...
JLAG Perspectives Forum – The Border Wall and Beyond: Political and Environmental Perspectives
JLAG Perspectives Forum The Border Wall and Beyond: Political and Environmental Perspectives The following six JLAG Perspectives essays were generated by a group...
Increasing Inequalities in Access to Forests and Forest Benefits in Mexico
The success of community level forest management in Mexico has been widely reported (Klooster and Masera 2000; Bray et al. 2005; Ellis and...
Anti-Immigrant Sentiment, Rising Populism, and the Oaxacan Trump
The election of Donald Trump marked a period of intense anti-immigrant nationalism and rising populism in the U.S. From promises to “build the...
Videography for Participatory Cartography in a Site of Wind Power Conflict in Coastal Ceará State, Brazil (August 2017)
Installed wind power capacity in Brazil expanded rapidly from 28.6 megawatts (MW) in 2005 to 10.6 gigawatts (GW) installed electrical capacity in 2016—roughly...
Lo Que Duele Es Que La Gente Lo Cree: What Hurts Is at People Believe It (July 2017)
From the start of his campaign, Trump targeted Mexican immigrants, framing them as the worst of Mexico: criminals, rapist, and drug dealers. During...
What Does the Trump Administration Mean for the Mérida Agreement? (July 2017)
Historically, Mexico has not figured prominently in US presidential campaigns. The 2016 campaign was an exception. Republican nominee Donald Trump consistently used Mexico...
Old Buddies and Same Old Stories: Argentina and US relations in the Trump Era (July 2017)
On January 25th 2017 the President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, issued Executive Orders 13767 and 13768. The former commands...
